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Shades of Henry (The Flophouse #1) QUOTES

Shades of Henry (The Flophouse #1) QUOTES

1 " Davy nodded and kissed his forehead, like he had when Henry had been lying on the ground with a broken ankle because Malachi had dropped a cow on him. "

― Amy Lane , Shades of Henry (The Flophouse #1)

2 " He imagined Galen’s lean, pretty face with a wicked tilt to his lips. “Oh my God, I really do. Just like I’m going "

― Amy Lane , Shades of Henry (The Flophouse #1)

3 " to enjoy dressing you like a Ken doll and paying your salary for it. I’ve always wanted to be a sugar daddy. "

― Amy Lane , Shades of Henry (The Flophouse #1)

4 " Oh my boy, only men in bow ties and Andrew Christian underwear can bring me my mimosas. "

― Amy Lane , Shades of Henry (The Flophouse #1)

5 " They’ll be wonderful,” Henry said with a faint smile. “They’ll respect her decisions and tell her the truth as they know it and be kind when her heart’s broken. It’s really all she can ask for. "

― Amy Lane , Shades of Henry (The Flophouse #1)

6 " But how will I know you?” he whispered in the dream. “You knew me before you kissed me,” Lance whispered back. "

― Amy Lane , Shades of Henry (The Flophouse #1)

7 " He’d thrown up once already, on purpose, and the purging seemed to have steadied his nerves a little—and made the giant breakfast he’d eaten feel a little less burdensome—but it wasn’t enough. "

― Amy Lane , Shades of Henry (The Flophouse #1)

8 " Davy’s boyfriend—husband, dammit, husband!—had a niece who they cared for. Henry had forgotten about that until he’d walked up onto their porch, and suddenly he couldn’t decide who was dirtier, his brother for coming out to the family and walking away or Henry for getting kicked off the farm and dragging all his problems with him. "

― Amy Lane , Shades of Henry (The Flophouse #1)

9 " You’d never force me. And you’d never betray me. But I don’t know if you could care enough about me to help me deal with all that other stuff. I’m… I’m not going to be okay with the porn right away. Can you deal with it when I’m an asshole about that? Can you help me not hurt you too much? "

― Amy Lane , Shades of Henry (The Flophouse #1)

10 " You’re a hero for walking away,” Jackson said soberly. “You’re a hero for pressing charges. You’re a hero for dealing with that for eleven years and still believing in the good in people. You’ll never fool me again, asshole. I know who I’m dealing with now.” Henry’s eyes burned. "

― Amy Lane , Shades of Henry (The Flophouse #1)

11 " Henry Worrall, at your service,” he said, embarrassed. “Not much to look at here, sir.” “Just a hero,” Jackson said softly, and this time Henry couldn’t argue. "

― Amy Lane , Shades of Henry (The Flophouse #1)

12 " I’m stupid. I mean, God. My first relationship was a clusterfuck of entrapment—you know that. "

― Amy Lane , Shades of Henry (The Flophouse #1)

13 " It’s naked high school with no girls to keep it sane. I break up a cat fight at least once a week. If I could afford to hire a gaybie-sitter, I totally would. "

― Amy Lane , Shades of Henry (The Flophouse #1)

14 " Dex was buckets full of awesome—he was allowed to have a redneck family member who wore his ass for a hat. "

― Amy Lane , Shades of Henry (The Flophouse #1)

15 " This sadness, this discomfort—this wasn’t the judgment of someone who didn’t want to join the party. This was the judgment of someone who’d assumed the party wasn’t for them. "

― Amy Lane , Shades of Henry (The Flophouse #1)

16 " Maybe this party wasn’t for Henry, but there might be some guy out there who’d throw him a hell of a happily ever after. "

― Amy Lane , Shades of Henry (The Flophouse #1)

17 " My father taught me to judge and judge hard and judge mean. And I learned that lesson so well, I judged myself right into a fucking corner.” “And then what?” Lance asked. “I gnawed off my own leg to get out of it.” Henry let out a broken laugh. "

― Amy Lane , Shades of Henry (The Flophouse #1)

18 " using the works to balance his way into the arrivals wing so he could check in. "

― Amy Lane , Shades of Henry (The Flophouse #1)

19 " Sex is complicated—you taught me that. Love is simple. It’s where the two meet that shit becomes a tangled mess. "

― Amy Lane , Shades of Henry (The Flophouse #1)